Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
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Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Leo Amery |
Formation | 11 June 1925 |
Final holder | The Viscount Addison |
Abolished | 7 July 1947 |
Deputy | Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs |
The position of secretary of state for dominion affairs was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for British relations with the Empire’s dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State – and the self-governing Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia.
When initially created in 1925, the office was held in tandem with that of secretary of state for the colonies; this arrangement persisted until June 1930. On two subsequent occasions the offices were briefly held by the same person.
The secretary of state was supported by an under-secretary of state for dominion affairs. In 1947, the name of the office was changed to the secretary of state for Commonwealth relations.
Secretaries of state for dominion affairs, 1925–1947
[edit]The Viscount Addison took up the new post of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on 7 July 1947.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also Secretary of State for War.
- ^ a b c Also Leader of the House of Lords.
- ^ Also Deputy Prime Minister
External links
[edit]- Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom
- Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
- British Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs
- History of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 1925 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Foreign Office during World War II